I feel for all of you waiting. This year does seem particularly…stressful and late.
Just fyi, my D receive her music scholarship offer on the LAST day in the EVENING at Jacobs. It was for grad school and most of her buddies received their offers throughout the afternoon. After 5ish or so, she assumed that she didn’t get an offer (which triggered a bad, angry phone call to me!). She wasn’t going to accept there…but she was still upset. About an hour or so later, she got her offer.
It’s been awhile. Still our experience was offers seemed to be released by instrument and maybe different for grad and UG. So, even if others are hearing, it’s not over until…the last day…maybe even in the evening?!
Hang in there! Time never moves so slowly than waiting on these decisions!
Getting the last financial offer late on 03/31 with a 4/15 deadline (grad) seemed grossly unfair and stunk.
I remember, in March, laying in bed staring at the ceiling thinking…how in the world will we afford this…if she doesn’t want to take the one decent offer. How do I squash her dreams? It interrupted my sleep for a good month. And of course it hit hard during a “vacation”. But, we worked through it…and it all worked out.
Somehow…I survived. I’m still here and happy!
Hang in there. It is terribly stressful. Happier days are ahead.
I’m feeling this hard right now. It’s 3/27 - still days away from the 3/31 deadline - and my D20 (MM Voice) has only received merit or aid from 1 school of the 5 who accepted her. Still waiting on 2 admission decisions and the other 4 have said that any offers would be sent by the end of March. Also if you DON’T get an offer, are you to assume you didn’t get any merit? Is it crazy to think an email didn’t go through as intended? (Several portal updates were made without email notifications.)
Overall I just feel like this process is less than desirable - but I acknowledge that it’s a lot of work.
I know that she had one acceptance without merit (at the most expensive school…lol). Since it was grad, I didn’t see anything…but she knew…so I’m assuming that it was in her acceptance.
Unfortuantely I’m not sure how the financials are (or are not) communicated by all schools…
Thank you for this. This is encouraging. We’re in the same boat. I’m thinking how can we make this happen for our son in grad school. But I know it will work out
Wow, very impressive on both acceptances, Shepherd and NEC! Huge congrats to your son.
My son is applying BM in violin performance and did not get into Shepherd or NEC, although he had in-person auditions at both. He is heartbroken, even knowing that the chances were slim at both. He botched his audition at NEC, but that’s a long story (!). He does have some acceptances (including Oberlin and McGill) and is still waiting on one more decision. I have a question for you, if you don’t mind my asking. Where did your son do his undergrad training in violin?
Decisions were released March 26 for Shepherd (Rice).
*edit - I see that your son was accepted, so I’m guessing this is a moot point.
My son also accepted MM
I feel this deep in my soul. We are caught between two incredible offers we received mere days ago, with one being due by April 1st. And somehow, this doesn’t seem to go against the NASM handbook rules. Oh well. The pressure in this cooker will soon be released and perhaps I’ll sleep again.
My daughter has received some great offers and is still waiting on two. One of them wanted a decision by April 8th and we reached out to say we weren’t sure if we could make a decision by that date because we were still waiting to hear from everyone and she needs to make an informed decision. They wrote back and said they would extend the deadline until May 1st. My be worth asking to see if there is any flexibility in a response.
Sadly, we have. We’ve received no response back and tomorrow D will call. Infuriating to drop this offer and run, after stating to email or call with any questions. I guess they left out the part: “But there’ll be no answers.” Lol. An small extension is all we need.
Any undergrad vocalists hear about IU Jacobs merit money yet? My daughter isn’t getting her hopes up, but is wondering. She thinks she was just lucky to be accepted. She felt like she was coming down with something the day of her audition–couldn’t comfortably hit her high notes and kept saying her throat felt tight. Sure enough–she woke up with the flu the next day.
My son just received scholarship offer from Michigan SMTD and was disappointed (BM euphonium performance). I don’t want to sound ungrateful but we were really hoping for a lot more. He plans to email the professor tomorrow to see if there is any chance that he could get more.
If anyone has any experience successfully asking for additional scholarship money, I would appreciate any guidance.
